Erin
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Erin is a personal name taken from the Hiberno-English word for Ireland, originating from the Irish word "Éirinn". "Éirinn" is the dative case of the Irish word for Ireland, "Éire", genitive "Éireann", the dative being used in prepositional phrases such as "go hÉirinn" "to Ireland", "in Éirinn" "in Ireland", "ó Éirinn" "from Ireland".
Key facts
- Given name.name
- Erin
- Given name.image
- Topography Ireland.jpg
- Given name.caption
- A topographic map of Ireland, after which Erin is named
- Given name.gender
- Unisex
- Given name.language
- English; Irish
- Given name.languageorigin
- 1. Irish Gaelic2. Hiberno-English
- Given name.origin
- Hiberno-English derivative of Irish “Éirinn”
- Given name.meaning
- Ireland (West), green water,
- Given name.region
- Gaelic & Celtic
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- native label
- Erin
- Soundex
- E650
- Cologne phonetics
- 076
- Caverphone
- ARN111
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- Erin (given name)
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- Usage as a given or family name
- Notable women
- Notable men
- Fictional characters
- References
Erin is a personal name taken from the Hiberno-English word for Ireland, originating from the Irish word "Éirinn". "Éirinn" is the dative case of the Irish word for Ireland, "Éire", genitive "Éireann", the dative being used in prepositional phrases such as "go hÉirinn" "to Ireland", "in Éirinn" "in Ireland", "ó Éirinn" "from Ireland".
The dative has replaced the nominative in a few regional Irish dialects (particularly Galway-Connemara and Waterford). Poets and nineteenth-century Irish nationalists used Erin in English as a romantic name for Ireland. Often, "Erin's Isle" was used. In this context, along with Hibernia, Erin is the name given to the female personification of Ireland, but the name was rarely used as a given name, probably because no saints, queens, or literary figures were ever called Erin.